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2019-08-30 | Clutching at its Perl, developer community ponders language name with less baggage • The Register

'"So long as 'Perl 6' has Perl in its name, the rancor will continue inside the Perl community, the confusion will continue outside the Perl community, and everyone is going to suffer for it," he said. '

'Another Perl developer, Damien Conway, has argued in favor of "Raku," in reference to the Rakudo Perl 6 compiler. '

'Some Perl devs describe Perl 6 as a different, though related, programming language to Perl 5. '

'"Routinely I see in numerous online discussions that people refuse to even consider Perl 6 because they hate Perl," he said. '

'Poe, in a comment on the issues post, urged the Perl community to act quickly. '

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So perl 6 devs want to throw away the hated perl name and perl 5 devs don't want divergent perl 6 to soil perl 5's reputation. What's the problem then? Just rename it.

Sounds like they .NETed it?

I did perl programming for a while but I have to say it's not just the name. The entire community is angry and bitter and has been for some time.

I think of the perl community as a poster child for how toxicity can really cause harm.